Study Old Ads — a vintage print advertising archive

Audemars Piguet "It Takes More Than Money" — 1992 watch print advertisementRolls-Royce "Simply the Best Motor Car" — 1985 automotive print advertisementApple "1,000 Songs in Your Pocket" — 2001 technology print advertisementVolvo "More Speakers in a Volvo" — 1986 automotive print advertisementDaihatsu "Picks Up Five Times More Women" — 1996 automotive print advertisementApple "Simplicity Is the Ultimate Sophistication" — 1977 technology print advertisementPorsche "Nobody's Perfect" — 1983 automotive print advertisementVolvo "He Never Dreamed His Investment Would Make a Million" — 1987 automotive print advertisementBMW "Who's Going to Work?" — 1985 automotive print advertisementLondon Underground "Keep Warm Travel Underground" — 1925 transit print advertisementLondon Underground "Take Cover Travel Underground" — 1925 transit print advertisementLondon Underground "The Lure of the Underground" — 1927 transit print advertisementBudweiser "Pick a Pair" — 1962 beverage print advertisementBudweiser "Take Home Two 6-Paks" — 1961 beverage print advertisementBudweiser "Smart Way to Buy" — 1963 beverage print advertisementMichelob "Going First Class Is Michelob. Period." — 1970 beverage print advertisementBudweiser "America's Social Companion" — 1937 beverage print advertisementBudweiser "Where There's Life...There's Bud" — 1959 beverage print advertisementJell-O "Now's the Time for Jell-O" — 1952 food print advertisementJell-O "Now's the Time for Jell-O" — 1953 food print advertisementCampbell's "The Can Bag" — 1968 food print advertisementCoca-Cola "Come Over for Coke" — 1951 beverage print advertisementCoca-Cola "No.1 in the Sun" — 1969 beverage print advertisementNuTone "Put Music In Your Walls!" — 1962 audio print advertisementPorsche "Get More Fresh Air" — 1988 automotive print advertisementApple "Sorry, No Beige" — 1998 technology print advertisementH.P. Sauce "Good with Bacon" — 1930 food print advertisementWinston "Flavor That Goes with Fun" — 1964 tobacco print advertisementChesterfield "Pleasure Is a Chesterfield" — 1962 tobacco print advertisementBacardi "Mixes with Everything. Except Driving." — 1985 spirits print advertisementNike "On Your Feet or in Your Face" — 1985 footwear print advertisementNintendo "Keep It in Your Pants" — 1996 electronics print advertisementNintendo "Vous Jouez Comme Vous Bougez" — 2008 electronics print advertisementSony "Take, for Instance, 9 to 5" — 1996 electronics print advertisementPlayStation "(Sleepless Nights)²" — 2001 electronics print advertisementPolaroid "Polaroid Invents the SX-70" — 1972 camera print advertisementCampbell's "Soup on the Rocks" — 1968 food print advertisementCamel "Camel" — 1980 tobacco print advertisementPenn "Official Ball of the 1988 French Open" — 1988 sport print advertisementPan Am "Japan" — 1971 travel print advertisementPan Am "Austria" — 1972 travel print advertisementPan Am "New Zealand" — 1972 travel print advertisementPan Am "Argentina" — 1972 travel print advertisementRolex "The Wonder Watch that Defies the Elements" — 1927 watch print advertisementKodak "What's Life Without Pictures?" — 1970 camera print advertisementIKEA "The Original" — 2017 retail print advertisementTootsie Roll "The Life of the Party" — 1950 confectionery print advertisementOland's Export Ale "Suddenly, She Never Looked Prettier" — 1966 beverage print advertisementMobiloil "Free Flowing for Instant Protection" — 1955 automotive print advertisementCanada Dry "The Face Is America, the Taste Is Canada Dry" — 1959 beverage print advertisementCanada Dry "Doesn't Treat You Like a Kid" — 1966 beverage print advertisementCanadian Pacific "Locomotive 4040" — 1950 travel print advertisementCanadian Pacific "Visit Canada" — 1938 travel print advertisementCanadian Pacific "Travel Canadian Pacific" — 1955 travel print advertisementCanadian Pacific "Banff in the Canadian Rockies" — 1936 travel print advertisementCanadian Pacific Steamships "Britishers, Bring Your Families to Canada" — 1925 travel print advertisementGreyhound "Canada, Go Greyhound" — 1965 travel print advertisementOntario Travel "Canada's Vacation Province" — 1950 travel print advertisementOntario Travel "Family Variety Vacationland" — 1959 travel print advertisementOntario Travel "For Your Victory Vacation" — 1947 travel print advertisementRolex "If You Were Speaking Here Tomorrow" — 1967 watch print advertisementRolex "If You Were Negotiating Here Tomorrow" — 1967 watch print advertisementRolex "If Taming Oil Well Fires Were Your Job" — 1969 watch print advertisementRolex "If You Were Looking for Lost Empires Here Tomorrow" — 1968 watch print advertisementRolex "If You Were Racing a 12 Meter Here Tomorrow" — 1970 watch print advertisementRolex "If You Were Flying the Concorde Tomorrow" — 1969 watch print advertisementRolex "One Second, Mr. Foyt" — 1974 watch print advertisementLondon Underground "Fly the Tube" — 1978 transit print advertisementCoca-Cola "Drink Coca-Cola 5 Cents" — 1900 beverage print advertisement

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